Friday, 13 April 2018

What is Eisenmenger Syndrome

Dear Readers,As you know I have Pulmonary Hypertension, but I also have it with Eisenmenger Syndrome. This is due to my PDA (hole in the heart).

I have found an amazing video which describes what Eisenmengers Syndrome is. This is a 20 minute long video, but it explains the condition and it is explained very well. Eisenmenger Syndrome is a very complicated condition, but I am still determined to live and long and happy life despite it!

Eisenmenger (I-sun-meng-uhr) syndrome is a complication of a heart defect that you're born with (congenital).

A heart defect that causes a hole (shunt) to develop between two chambers of your heart is the most common cause of Eisenmenger syndrome. This hole causes blood to circulate abnormally in your heart and lungs. Increased blood flow returns to your lungs instead of going to the rest of your body. The blood vessels in your lung arteries become stiff and narrow, increasing the pressure in your lungs' arteries. This permanently damages the blood vessels in your lungs.

Eisenmenger syndrome occurs when the increased pressure of the blood flow in the lung becomes so great that the direction of blood flow through the shunt reverses. Oxygen-poor (blue) blood from the right side of the heart flows into the left ventricle and is pumped to your body so you don't receive enough oxygen to all your organs and tissues.